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noun
A reptile, Sphenodon punctatus, native to New Zealand, that resembles a lizard and is the only surviving specimen of the order Rhynchocephalia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
only extant member of the order Rhynchocephalia of large spiny lizard-like diapsid reptiles of coastal islands off New Zealand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Sphenodon punctatum
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: diapsid, diapsid reptile
History
Borrowed from Māori tuatara.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
